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Gallosamia promethea Drury.— The larvae of this species was very 

 abuudaut duriug the season of 1889, aud the cocoous were to be fouud 

 on wild cherry and sassafras in great numbers. Examination of these 

 cocoons in March, 1890, developed the fact that fully two-thirds of tliem 

 had been parasitized by OpMon macrurum Linn. 



Agrotis herilis Grote (Western Striped Cut-worm). — In company with 

 other cut-worms, this species is supposed to descend into the earth in 

 the fall for the purpose of hibernating. The winter of 1889-'90, how- 

 ever, proved an exception, and the larvae, usually about one-fourth to 

 one-third grown, were observed on warm, sunny days during the entire 

 winter leeding above ground upon young wheat in the field, and also 

 uj)on grass in meadows and other grass lands. 



Radena stipata Morr. — On page 134, Volume II, Insect Life, this 

 species was incidentally mentioned as destroying young corn on newly 

 broken grass lands. Since that notice was written reports of serious 

 depredations have come to me from Clinton, Miami, Madison, and John- 

 son Counties, Ind., all indicating that this is the most destructive of 

 all our cut-worms in the localities where it occurs ; some fields being 

 totally ruined, and that, too, after it is too late in the season for replant- 

 ing. Both low and high lands, timothy and clover sod, seem alike 

 attacked, even though the ground may have borne but one previous 

 crop of grass or clover. 



Lithophana antennata Wa4k. — Possibly on account of the extreme 

 mild winter just passed these moths made their appearance very early 

 in the season, several being captured at La Fayette, Ind., on the even- 

 ing of February 24, 1890.— [F. M. Webster, March 29, 1890.] 



THE PUNCTURlNa OF APPLES BY THE PLUM CURCULIO. 



In a foot-note to Mr. Webster's article upon "Experiments with Plum 

 Curculio, " published on page 308 of the last number, we promised to 

 publish in a future number the figure illustrating the condition of 



Fig. 71. — Plum Curculio punctures in young apples — natural size (original). 



young apples found by Mr. Webster July 24, at La Fayette, Ind., and 

 which illustrated a severe attack of the adult of the Plum Curculio. 



